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International Forum on Climatic Changes in Monsoon Asia: Program

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CCMA 2011 program

Oral session, Day 1: 6 January 2011

• Opening session
  • Opening Remark: Jun Matsumoto (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan)
  • Welcome Address: Choosri Keedumrongkool (Director, International Affairs, National Research Council of Thailand, Thailand)
• Keynote speeches
  • Akio Kitoh (Meteorological Research Institute, Japan): Recent development of the climate change projections by the MRI AGCM (Atmospheric General Circulation Model)-20km
  • Fredolin Tangang (National University of Malaysia, Malaysia): Towards IPCC (Intergovenmental Panel on Climate Change) AR5 (5th Assessment Report): The Physical Science Basis.
  • Tetsuzo Yasunari (Nagoya University, Japan): Long-term trends of Asian summer monsoon and its seasonality during the recent several decades
  • Nontawat Junjareon (Kasetsart University, Thailand): New challenges on hydro-meteorological prediction and adaptation to climate change in Thailand
  • Taikan Oki (The University of Tokyo, Japan): Research opportunities in climate change and water in monsoon Asia
• International and National Projects on Climate Changes and Monsoon
  • Jun Matsumoto (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan): Monsoon Asian Hydro-Atmoshere Scientific Research and prediction Initiative (MAHASRI) and climatic changes in Southeast Asia
  • Jianping Li (IAP (Institute of Atmospheric Physics), China): Asian Monsoon Years 2007-2012 (AMY) and climate change in East Asia
  • Ailikun (IAP, China): Progress report of Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional Study (MAIRS)
  • G.S. Bhat (Indian Institute of Science, India): Continental Tropical Convergence Zone (CTCZ) pilot results and plan for the main phase
  • Someshwar Das (SAARC Meteorological Research Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh): SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) STORM - A coordinated field experiment on severe thunderstorm observations and regional modeling over the SAARC region
  • Fadli Syamsudin (BPPT (Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology), Indonesia): Indonesian program from SATREPS (Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development) MCCOE (Maritime Continent Center of Excellence) related to regional climate issues
  • Nobuko Saigusa (National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan): Integrative use of AsiaFlux network observations for forest carbon monitoring
  • Hiroshi Ishihara (Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan): Climate information services provided by the Tokyo Climate Center and its contribution to the Global Framework for Climate Services
• Open discussion

Oral session, Day 2: 7 January 2011

• Climate Changes in Monsoon Asia
  • Johnny C.L. Chan (City University of HongKong, China): Diurnal and semi-diurnal variations in rainfall in Southeast China
  • Jianqing Xu (JAMSTEC/RIGC, Japan): Surface heat balance studies in East and Southeast Asia based on operational meteorological data
  • Daiki Tsurushima (Tohoku Univ., Japan): Lightning activity observed by AVON (Asian VLF Observation Network) in Southeast Asia
  • Takehiko Satomura (Kyoto University, Japan): Toward the elucidation of typhoons' behavior over tropical land (Indochina)
  • Somchai Baimoung (Thailand Meteorological Department, Thailand): Preliminary meteorological warning system and effects of climate variability on Thailand
  • Koichiro Kuraji (Univ. of Tokyo, Japan): Rainfall variability over mountainous area in Northern Thailand
  • Wonsik Kim (National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan): Longterm observation of sensible and latent heat flux at 100m-tower in Tak, Thailand (2004-2010)
  • Hisayuki Kubota (JAMSTEC, Japan): Typhoon activities and rainfall variability during the past 100 years over the Western North Pacific
  • Nguyen Van Thang (Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment, Vietnam): Climate change adaptation policy in Viet Nam
  • Ngo Duc Thanh (Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam): Climate change projections for Central Vietnam until 2050 using RegCM3
  • Susan R. Espinueva (Philippine Meteorological Society, Philippines): Extreme events and Climate Change Projections for the Philippines: An Opportunity for Collaborative Research) cancelled due to severe weather in the Philippines
  • Edvin Aldrian (BMKG, Indonesia): Climate Change Detection and Evidences over the Maritime Continent, from observation to modeling
  • Fredolin Tangang (National University of Malaysia, Malaysia): Monsoonal circulation and precipitation- surface temperature changes over the western Maritime Continent under anthropogenic climate change
  • Ajit Tyagi (India Meteorological Department, India): Climatic Trends over India
  • Taiichi Hayashi (Kyoto University, Japan): Intensive Observation of Heavy Rainfall in the Northeastern Indian Subcontinent
  • Toru Terao (Kagawa University, Japan): The observation of vertical structures of the atmosphere over Banbaldesh in the pre-monsoon and monsoon seasons.
  • Madan L. Shrestha (Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, Nepal): Climate change and extreme events in Nepal
• General discssion and wrap up session

Poster presentations

• Rui Ito, Shojo Yamane and Takehiko Satomura (Kyoto University, Japan): Effects of reclamation works on regional climate
• Satoshi Watanabe (University of Tokyo, Japan): Evaluations of bias correction methods for monthly temperature and precipitation data by multiple GCM outputs
• Yadu Pokhrel (University of Tokyo, Japan): Incorporating irrigation scheme into a Land Surface Model
• Yusuke Satoh (University of Tokyo, Japan): A potential impact of land cover change on regional precipitation in North-East China
• Atsushi Okazaki (University of Tokyo, Japan): Estimation of flood risk change under global warming using the latest CGCM and discharge probability index
• Shinta Seto (University of Tokyo, Japan): The algorithms and application for Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP)
• Daisuke Komori (University of Tokyo, Japan) and Wonsik Kim (National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan): Estimation of uncertainty and heterogeneity of eddy covariance flux measurement
• Masashi Kiguchi, Yanjun Shen, Shinjiro Kanae and Taikan Oki (University of Tokyo, Japan): Estimation of the high water-stressed population (HWSP) over the Indochina Peninsula
• Hiroshi G. Takahashi (Tokyo Metropolitan University, JAMSTEC/RIGC, Japan), Yoshiki Fukutomi (JAMSTEC/RIGC, Japan) and Jun Matsumoto (Tokyo Metropolitan University, JAMSTEC/RIGC, Japan): The impact of long-lasting northerly surges of the East Asian winter monsoon on tropical cyclogenesis and its seasonal march
• Kimpei Ichiyanagi (Kumamoto University, Japan): Stable isotopes in precipitation over Indonesia
• Yoshiyuki Kajikawa (Nagoya University): Decadal change of the South China Sea summer monsoon onset

Poster exhibits of projects etc.

• MAHASRI (Monsoon Asia Hydro-Atmosphere Scientific Research and Prediction Initiative) ... (Jun Matsumoto, Tokyo Metropolitan Univ., Japan)
• SATREPS (Science and Technology Research Partnership for Susteinable Development) IMPAC-T (Integrated Study Project on Hydro-Meteorological Prediction and Adaptation to Climate Change in Thailand) ... (Taikan Oki, Univ. Tokyo, Japan)
• SATREPS MCCOE (Maritime Continent Center of Excellence) ... (Manabu D. Yamanaka, JAMSTEC, Japan)
• AMY (Asian Monsoon Years) ... (Jianping Li, IAP, China)
• MAIRS (Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional Study) ... (Ailikun, IAP, China)
• CTCZ (Continental Tropical Convergence Zone) ... (G.S. Bhat, Indian Institute of Science, India)
• SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) STORM ... (Someshwar Das, SAARC Meteorological Research Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh)
• AsiaFlux ... (Nobuko Saigusa, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan)
• NRCT (National Research Council of Thailand)
• JSPS (Japan Society for Promotion of Science) Bangkok Office